Air heated to incandescence.
Meteor is the term used to describe the streak of light (also called a shooting star) that passes through the atmosphere. The light is caused when a meteroid hits the atmosphere and burns up.
meteor, shooting star, are alternate names. They are pieces of rock that whiz through the Solar System. The small ones burn up in the atmosphere.
Meteroids' can be very big or very small. There is no exact size of a meteroid.
An object in space is called a meteroid. A meteroid that is in the Earth's atmophere is called a meteor. A meteor that falls to the Earth is called a meterioite.
The atmosphere of the earth.
A meteroid is a natural object in space. A meteroid can enter the atmosphere and become a meteor. If its remains strike the ground and survive, it is a meteorite.
Burns up before entering the Earths atmosphere
When a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere, it is called a meteor. A meteor that passes through the atmosphere and strikes the ground is called a meteorite.
yes, but not always it depends on the size
Air heated to incandescence.
It burns up (then it is a meteor) and sometimes crashes on Earth (a meteorite)
A metoriod is floating in space,a metor is falling trough our atmosphere, and a metorite is on the ground.
Meteroid orbits are random. Much like a comet.
Meteor is the term used to describe the streak of light (also called a shooting star) that passes through the atmosphere. The light is caused when a meteroid hits the atmosphere and burns up.
It burns up. Or if too big to burn completely, it will be a fireball. Do NOT try to catch them with your bate hands.
meteor, shooting star, are alternate names. They are pieces of rock that whiz through the Solar System. The small ones burn up in the atmosphere.